Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10

Mr.. Lock Forester, a prominent stock
man of Bolivs, Denton county, was in the
city yesterday.
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Mr.. French has got in G. carload Of fine
hogs from Meridian for the Fort Worth
market. They are st Pola's yards.
Mr. j. S. Miles yesterday passed
through the city with seventeen car
losds OF beef cows, which he is taking
over the Sants Fe from Bslliug6r to
Chicago. The stock is in good condition.
Mr.. William Powell, the we'll known
Hereford breeder of Beecher, ILL.,, has
shipped TO Messrs. Polk OF Fort Worth
trade The load is q mixed one of heller
and bull calves from six to twelve months
old, all registered thoroughtreds There
are some high grade heifers in calf in the
shipment.
Messrs, T. T. D. Andrews and 81. NJ.
Taylor, agents of the Bureau Of Animal
Industry, got back to Fort Worth yester
day after g trip through Kansas, Colorado
and New Mexico. They found stock in
the parts of country they Travelled through
in good condition generally, said Mr..
Taylor, with range in good shape and the
usual amount of water. Everybody ex-
poets better times.
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G.. NJ. Rec, stoc6msn of Plano, is in
the city in search of feeders. He says
there are very few cattle being fed there
this year. Those who have corn sre ex-
pecting that article to 90 up in value and
will not feed il. The price already is 40
cents. Cotton seed cannot be had there
ct any price, it having all been sold and
shipped out of that part'Of the country.
The price got for it averaged l24 cents.
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Mr.. G.. E Currsn, the Kansas Hereford
cattle breeder, has gone with Mr.. F. M.
Houts to Decatur to look over the latter's
Hereford ranch at that place and TO see
how that breed thrive in North Texas.
Mr.. HOuts is anxious to show him his
bull Herkaway, an animal on which
was conferred the interest Of all
cattlemen who visited the Dallas
fair last fall. where it took every prize for
its class. Mr. Houts was offered $1,000
for the bull year sgo, when it was a
yearling, but refused it, and this fall he
would not name any price at which It
could be bought.
The stockmen in rarrant and adjoining
counties are beginning TO take interest in
the prlCkly pear SIS an article of feed for
cattle, and are inquiring into the manner
of growing and preparing it with view
to utilizing it in their business. There is
no DOUBT that in Southern Texas
the pear has proved fpe
feed. It has been analysed by
chemists and is asserted to possess
the same nutritive properties as green
corn. Fort Worth stockmeu say it can
be cultivated and grown in Tsrrant coun- |
ty about as we'll as in Southern Texas, and |
reports from down there ssy there is no
end to the number of tons of it
that can be grown to the scre
of land. The cattle eat the leaves,
body and ell as it grows, but to
make it more pslstsble, machines have
been invented for cutting the plant and
preparing it for fodder. Some North
Texas chttlemen will probably take hold
of the matter very soon, and If they do,
Judging by the statements made by those
who have tested the plant, there will be
q great many more cattle fed IN North
Texas than heretofore.
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An article taken from q Bloomington, |
III, paper is attracting the attention Of
Fort Worth horse dealers. This item |
goes to show the immensely OF the deal
ing in horses in Bloomington during the |
past year; and the volume of business |
done in that line, as shown |
in this article, is indeed gigantic.
One dealer, it says, during the year sold |
1160 horses, bringing over 1924, 800; and |
there are many other records nearly as
good. "NOw," said 8 dealer IastsAight, |
"there is 10 reason why the trsnssStions |
in Fort Worth should not be just as great
as in Bloomington. This soun-
try is intended by !Gture |
to be horse country and NJ Ie's |
intention will probably be carried It. il
that respect. Now there must be 81 ut
let for these animals, and what sce
more favorable therefor than Fort Wkh? |
But other places are stirring 10 secure
the trade, and some have already
grasped s part of it. Now, in order
that Fort Worth may maintain and in
crease the trade in horses she has, those
interested much hold out inducements to
dealers to come here The Union Stock